Highly sensitive and selective surface plasmon resonance sensor for detection of sub-ppb levels of benzo[a]pyrene by indirect competitive immunoreaction method.

A surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-immunosensor for detection of benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) is developed by using a model BaP-hapten compound, BaP-bovine serum albumin conjugate (BaP-BSA), and an anti-BaP-BSA monoclonal antibody. BaP-BSA conjugate is immobilized on a gold thin-film sensor chip by means of simple physical adsorption. The number of BaP-hapten units in BaP-BSA conjugate is estimated to be 28 from the difference in molecular weight (MW) between BaP-BSA conjugate and BSA based on the results of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) measurement. Anti-BaP-BSA antibody on contact with the BaP-BSA conjugate immobilized sensor chip causes an increase in the incident angle of the sensor chip. Binding of anti-BaP-BSA antibody with surface-immobilized BaP-BSA conjugate is inhibited by the presence of BaP in analyte solution, because of the inhibition effect of BaP. The SPR immunosensor for BaP functioning with the indirect competitive immunoreaction of anti-BaP-BSA antibody between the analyte (BaP) in testing solution and the BaP-BSA conjugate immobilized on the sensor chip provides a rapid determination (response time: ca. 15 min) of BaP in the concentration range of 0.01-1000 ppb. The antibody anchored to the sensor chip by antigen-antibody binding is removed on treatment with a pepsin solution (pH 2.0) for few minutes. The SPR sensor chip is found to be reusable for more than 20 times with a little decrease (<7%) in the sensor response. Detection of BaP by direct competitive immunoreactions is also carried out by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The concentration of BaP could be determined as low as 0.01 ppb and 2 ppb using the SPR sensor and the ELISA method, respectively. The SPR sensor is found to detect BaP selectively in the presence of 2-hydroxybiphenyl (HBP); the incident angle shift of the SPR sensor for BaP is found to be same irrespective to the presence or the absence of a same concentration (as much as 30 ppb) of HBP together.

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